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campanella

campanella noun: a smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.

Noun

campanella (plural campanellas or campanellae)

  1. (historical) A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.

Forms of campanella

pluralcampanellas
pluralcampanellae

Origin of campanella

Learned borrowing from Latin campānella, from campāna (“steeple bell”) + -ella (diminutive suffix).

Questions about campanella

What does campanella mean?
Campanella means a smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.
What part of speech is campanella?
Campanella is a noun.
What is the plural of campanella?
The plural of campanella is campanellas.

Words near campanella in the dictionary

  1. Campana
  2. Campanaro
  3. Campanaros
  4. campane
  5. campaned
  6. campanella
  7. campanellae
  8. campanellas
  9. Campanelli
  10. Campanellis
  11. campanero

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